(In front of the curtain sit a dozen actors/singers/comediennes in the office of super-agent Freddy Sweet.)
Children: (sing)
Wait, wait, wait, wait
We only need a break
Wait, wait, wait, wait
We only need a break
(In front of the curtain sit a dozen actors/singers/comediennes in the office of super-agent Freddy Sweet.)
Children: (sing)
Wait, wait, wait, wait
We only need a break
Wait, wait, wait, wait
We only need a break
(Freddy and a Green clad witch walk on stage. His arm around her shoulder.)
Freddy
Not in a million years, trust me. Scripts I know. A musical about the evil witch, uh uh. Never gonna fly. Nope.
Witch
Oh Mr. Sweet! What can I do to get my chance to be a star?
Freddy
Well, you could think about a partner. Lot’s of entertainers needed a partner to work with. Martin, Lewis. Burns and Allen. Britney And...Britney and....eh, you know what I mean.
Witch
Where am I going to find someone?
Children: (sing)
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Witch
Ohhhhh.
Freddy
Check ‘em out. There’s plenty of talent right in front of you.
Children (sing)
We only need a break!
Freddy:(off stage) Are you playing with a full deck? You lose a town full of children over a lousy contract dispute and you think I can book you to play the flute again, anywhere in the world? Are you out of your mind!!??
(The Piper comes out looking glum)
Person 1
So? How’d it go with Mr. Sweet?
Piper
You heard him. I can go anywhere until I get those kids back home.
Person 2
So, how big a problem could that be?
Person 3
Where exactly did you leave them?
Piper
Oh, a little put of the way country on the border between Nowhere and Over-the- Horizon. (wait) Five hundred years ago!